Bandit’s in charge of the field ops, Syr’s in charge of the overall managment, so technically, when on the field, even the original troupe have to obey Bandit’s orders. And the deciding vote was Frigg’s.

As for how Bandit treated Byron, welp. Karishi said it. Cutting someone to pieces tend to leave some bad blood between people, though they reconciled afterward.

…..that was rather unexpected and a bit of a let down. After all the shanks and slashes and hacks. Two lil daggers from someone with less muscle runs him off? Even if its in that hard to reach spot….weak.

Realistic rules of combat #7: If you’re a huge guy, and a little guy is on your back out of reach, rather than jerk around swatting at them like a dog with fleas, fall back. Use your weight to force them to get off or die.

Hammer needs to get on this rule ASAP. But at least from his side of things he forced the Amped-Up Byron to retreat.

I understand your point, but consider: Hammerhead has been taking attacks with a pair of Battleaxes and a Bastard/Broadsword without slowing down, I doubt a pair of daggers sized for a small Gnome even have much more length to penetrate. Not to mention they are stuck in the back, so most vital organs are out of reach. Sure it would hurt, but he seems largely immune to pain and it would be worth it to take out Bandit before she can do something more dangerous.

He’s not a berserker. His Kin are but not him. THAT is why he is special. He’s not a mindless brute, but a carefully thinking killing machine. He’s not being controlled by her. He KNOWS how close her daggers are to something important, and is retreating in the hopes she’ll be forced to withdraw and not finish him. She’s a rogue and he knows it. Backstab is a bitch, no matter how much you tank.

I can’t believe no one mentioned this yet. Landsharks obey loud voices. Bandit yelled. Hammerhead started running. It is his only weakness! If you can outshout him, especially when distracted, he does what he’s told!

You may be right…
I mean, the landsharks, despite being LANDsharks appear to have gill slits… which they should not need if they have lungs. Maybe they’ve got some specialized gills that work with air?? Which would be why they move around a lot.

But then again, they can roar and speak, which means they have lungs as well.

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